Mechanics of success

Engineering is all about finding solutions to various problems by optimally using the resources available to us. With immense changes taking place in our higher education institutions, particularly the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), one can expect a major transformation in these institutions in the next five years. For the country's progress, creativity in our higher education sector is as important as literacy at the grassroots.

Here are the top five drivers of change:

While the IITs attracted the best talent from all over the country to its programmes, they were largely successful in churning out graduates who were job seekers rather than job providers. Though exceptions exist in terms of over a dozen unicorns created by the IIT alumni, one must keep in mind that many of these unicorns were created by the alumni on foreign soil. It